Unfinished tales of Númenor and Middle-earth

Unfinished tales of Númenor and Middle-earth

J. R. R. Tolkien, 1892-1973

Book - 2020

This collection of narratives ranges in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring. It comprises such elements as Gandalf's account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the party at Bag-End and stories of the Five Wizards.

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Subjects
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) > Fiction.
Elves > Fiction.
Dwarfs (Folklore) > Fiction.
Wizards > Fiction.
Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) > History > Fiction.
Short stories.
Fantasy fiction.
Genres
Short stories
Fantasy fiction
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [2020]
Language
English
Main Author
J. R. R. Tolkien, 1892-1973 (author)
Other Authors
Christopher Tolkien (editor), John Howe, 1957- (illustrator), Alan Lee, Ted Nasmith
Item Description
Originally published: London: Allen & Unwin, 1980.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes index.
"To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its first publication, this illustrated edition features 18 full-colour paintings by John Howe, Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith. It present anew Christopher Tolkien's pivotal step toards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beigging of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books devoted to celebrating his father's legacy" --Dust jacket flap.
Physical Description
490 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm
ISBN
9780358448921
  • Part one : the first age. Of Tuor and his coming to Gondolin
  • Narn i hîn Húrin
  • The childhood of Túrin
  • The words of Húrin and Morgoth
  • The departure of Túrin
  • Túrin in Doriath
  • Túrin among the outlaws
  • Of Mîm the dwarf
  • The return of Túrin to Dor-lómin
  • The coming of Túrin into Brethil
  • The journey of Morwen and Nienor to Nargothrond
  • Nienor in Brethil
  • The coming of Glaurung
  • The death of Glaurung
  • The death of Túrin
  • Part two : the second age. A descirption of the island of Númenor
  • Aldarion and Erendis : the mariner's wife
  • The line of Elros : kings of Númenor
  • The history of Galadriel and Celeborn and of Amroth King of Lórien
  • Part three : the third age. The disaster of the Gladden Fields
  • Cirion and Eorl and the friendship of Gondor and Rohan
  • The Northmen and the Wainriders
  • The ride of Eorl
  • Cirion and Eorl
  • The tradition of Isildur
  • The quest of Erebor
  • The hunt for the ring
  • Of the journey of the black riders according to the account that Gandalf gave to Frodo
  • Other versions of the story
  • Concerning Gandalf, Saruman, and the Shire
  • The battles of the Fords of Isen
  • Part four. The Drúedain
  • The Istari
  • The palantíri.

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